thekolacter

Can't help but wanting to dive in to an ocean full of change 🌊🌊🌊
Team @redshield_games

[daniel @danielhangan_]

guy makes $15k/month from TikTok. never posted a single video.

he runs 89 VPS servers for 340 creators who think they're just "good at the algorithm."

they're not. they're just posting from clean IPs.

the business model:

> rent Hetzner VPS servers ($3.50 each)
> install Outline VPN
> support 3-4 creator accounts per server
> charge creators $180/month for "premium VPN service"

$312/month cost. $61,200/month revenue.

the performance difference is insane.

same creator, NordVPN: 430 avg views, shadowbanned every 2-3 weeks
same creator, his VPS: 52,000 avg views, zero shadowbans in 6 months

only variable: IP trust score.

consumer VPNs share one IP with 5,000+ users. dropshippers. bot farmers. banned accounts. TikTok sees spam network.

his VPS? 3-4 vetted creators per IP. clean history. TikTok sees legitimate users.

the brutal math:

shared IP gets 200 test viewers. need 8% CTR = 16 engaged viewers. not enough data. video dies.

clean IP gets 20,000 test viewers. same 8% CTR = 1,600 engaged viewers. enough data to scale. video explodes.

100x reach difference before content quality matters.

everyone's optimizing hooks when they should optimize infrastructure.

perfect hooks on shit IP: 400 views
mediocre hooks on clean IP: 40,000 views

the game is decided before content quality matters.

I already covered the full VPS setup in a previous thread.

link below.

infrastructure > content.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A chart for your emotions.

[Kit Sun Cheah @thebencheah]

Hi.

I'm Singaporean.

I studied the history of Singapore.

My parents and grandparents wrote a part of that history.

Which is why I can tell you that many of the claims here are bunk.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Here's what the world looked like a century ago - thread 🧵

1. Kids on the streets of England in 1901

[naufal @naufxl]

I just like how random SEA is… constitutional and absolute monarchy, republics, dictatorship, democracy, secular and sharia ideologies, military junta, communists, capitalists all at the same region and they just coexist😂

[Goshawk Trades @GoshawkTrades]

11 sentences from a 7-figure quant trader that changed my trading journey forever:

1. "Focus on a portfolio of strategies; no single strategy will save you."

[MR SHIFT 🦁 @KevinWSHPod]

E53: @JulianOhayon: "@BlvckParis Is Born from the Darkest Times of My Life"

🔊OUT NOW🔊

Julian O’Hayon is the Founder and Chief Designer at Blvck Paris.

Blvck Paris is a lifestyle apparel & accessories brand, supported by millions of highly engaged social media followers and customers worldwide.

The mysterious yet Famous Founder of Blvck opens up for the first time about:
- His Childhood
- His dark side and battle with anxiety
- What drove his ambition to build a €100M brand
- Being a Digital Nomad while building a fashion empire
- Blvck's latest NFT collab with @PSG_English !
- Why he loves @ZARA and thinks Designer Brands are for poor people

[DeGods @DeGodsNFT]

The next sponsor for Points Parlor is @WreckLeagueHQ!

Watch @frankdegods play in the Founders Cup on September 9th at 6PM PST 🏆

One more thing...

Wreck League is sponsoring 10 y00ts and 1 DeGod for the prize pool ✅

[Blvck Paris @BlvckParis]

69 Mercer Street - now open 🖤🍎

[Frank @frankdegods]

It is human nature to collect and trade things.

Collecting and trading digital goods is obviously something that a large portion of the human population will do.

The digital goods that people will desire the most will not be the "obvious" ones that fit into a single box.

It's the way the internet is already moving.

Imagine the "norm" for teenagers today:
• TV show host becomes the President.
• Mr. Beast owns a billion dollar chocolate bar brand.
• Ryan Reynolds buys a football club.
• Apple produces TV shows.
• Elon buys Twitter.
• etc...

The internet is global by nature, compressing our world into one without labels.

We used to define people by demographics, like age and interests. Now, the lines blur.

Labels like "gaming" or "brand" or "art" mean less to the newer generations. Everything comes together into a world without specific labels (a label-less world).

That's why I think that NFTs and digital collectibles will likely be a massive industry with many sub-categories.

For example, the fashion industry has always had many sub-categories: sneaker-heads, luxury brand buyers, merchandise, etc.

Within those categories, there are even more.

Sneaker-heads can be separated into sports fans vs. those who buy just for style. Luxury brands have different levels of how expensive or easy to get they are.

"Merchandise" has billions of consumers connected by completely different interest graphs - while it's still mostly apparel.

It'll be easier to flip a digital sneaker than a physical one.

It'll be more profitable for the company that produces the digital sneaker vs. a physical one.

It'll be easier for the consumer to collect & trade them too.

Community-based NFTs (aka PFPs) are really digital symbols that represent ownership of internet tribes. These tribes all provide different experiences for their members.

It's human nature to create competition around these tribes.

That's where the NFT markets come in.

The "floor" simply represents the demand for entry into that tribe.

The same is true for the "floor" of a digital artist. The cheapest available collectible from their work is the most convenient indication of the current market demand.

Most of you are looking for the NFTs that will be more valuable in the future.

The question is... would any of those NFTs grow in value without the people that care about them?

Maybe we should be looking for the strongest tribes.

Most well-capitalized companies will survive.

But without a tribe - they won't thrive.

But I'm just a guy sharing my thoughts.

Maybe I'm wrong.

[spider caesar @spiderskullSOL]

I have decided to delist and stake. I have been bull posting @DeGodsNFT all year and want to do my part to bring back the DeGods vibe.

Let's see how active the team is from the top. I will downgrade this beauty when I get that elusive follow from @frankdegods and @kevindegods

[Frank @frankdegods]

friendtech progressive web app
unibot telegram-first interface
rollbit gamifiied crypto trading

these are all different products but they're all examples of what the future of Web3 will look like.

frictionless, strong incentive design, mobile-first, and incredibly easy to use.

[Irish 🇺🇸 〽️ 💚🍀 @irish89x]

I just received my prizes from winning the Blvck Monthly Giveaway!! Now these are top rate prizes! Thank you @BlvckParis !🔥💚🍀

[Rosentica: One Arena @Rosentica]

‘Welcome Kiwi’

⚜️ by @rmflawha12 & @tue_art 🦋

Very excited to announce @0xKiwi_ as our developer for the Starfall Traveller collection!

Welcome!

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

1/23

Hoooooo baby this Prometheum story gets even better.

So they started in 2017 when they filled their Reg A+ and aimed to raise $50M.

But how did these random lawyers supposedly get approval from the SEC and FINRA?

[Akshay BD @akshaybd]

Friends in Singapore 🇸🇬: @balajis and I are hosting a Network State meetup for community founders on 15 June.

If you're interested in founding communities, we welcome you to join us for an evening of discussion and dinner.

https://t.co/og5sQqaKcQ

[thekolacter @thekolacter]

https://t.co/R1wpL4lqwG

[Tom Emmer @GOPMajorityWhip]

Today, I introduced the Securities Clarity Act with @RepDarrenSoto. This bill clarifies the regulatory classification of digital assets and provides market certainty for innovators and clear jurisdictional boundaries for regulators.